Doom Patrol #3

Steve Lightle's cover for this December 1987 issue sets an immediately tense scene: two team members lie flat on a glowing, wire-covered surface — one in green, one in a red-and-white suit — while a lean, orange-skinned figure looms over them and two other teammates look on with alarm from the edges. Tied into DC's "Millennium Is Coming" initiative, Doom Patrol #3 finds Paul Kupperberg's team in a precarious situation, with the story promising fiery stakes right there in the title, "The Fire of the Gods!" A solid entry in this 1987 revival, with Lightle's clean, expressive line work giving the threat a real sense of weight.